4 Stall Megacharger Installed in Sacramento

[TSemi]

Tesla installs Megachargers in Sacramento to support new fleet of PepsiCo Tesla Semi trucks

Tesla delivered their first Semi trucks to PepsiCo at a special event held at Giga Nevada earlier this month. In the lead up to those deliveries PepsiCo confirmed their new Tesla Semi trucks would service […]

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[JamesEarl15]

Let the expansion begin...... wait until end of next year, it will be common to see this truck around.

 

[TunaBug]

Tesla installs Megachargers in Sacramento to support new fleet of PepsiCo Tesla Semi trucks

Tesla delivered their first Semi trucks to PepsiCo at a special event held at Giga Nevada earlier this month. In the lead up to those deliveries PepsiCo confirmed their new Tesla Semi trucks would service […]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1603256376087572480

Is that 8 cabinets for the four stalls? Funny how one stall in the video is ICEd

 

[MP3Mike]

It looks like the video actually shows the truck plugged in, so now we know that the charge port is in the middle of the vehicle:

Which means there is almost no possibility of the Semi using a normal Supercharger site, at least not without blocking 4+ stalls even when there isn't a trailer hooked up.

 

[TSemi]

It looks like the video actually shows the truck plugged in, so now we know that the charge port is in the middle of the vehicle:

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Which means there is almost no possibility of the Semi using a normal Supercharger site, at least not without blocking 4+ stalls even when there isn't a trailer hooked up.

Unless there are drive-thru V4 stalls. Then it would work.

 

[MP3Mike]

Unless there are drive-thru V4 stalls. Then it would work.

A normal Supercharger site doesn't have drive-thru stalls... (They are currently very rare, at least in North America.)

 

[djjimgreen]

A normal Supercharger site doesn't have drive-thru stalls... (They are currently very rare, at least in North America.)

Only one I've experienced was in the middle of no where, Baker CA.

 

[Rocky_H]

A normal Supercharger site doesn't have drive-thru stalls... (They are currently very rare, at least in North America.)

I just saw pictures of it a couple of days ago. Cabazon, CA has biiig pull-through stalls.

Supercharger - Cabazon, CA - Morongo Trail (LIVE 9 Feb 2022, 12 V3 stalls)

Haven't seen any posts on this and a forum search didn't yield any results, but apparently the Morongo Casino just down the street from the existing Cabazon Outlets SC expanded their Travel Center that now includes 8 Supercharger stalls, although I'm counting 11 in the screenshot of their...

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[ElectricIAC]

A normal Supercharger site doesn't have drive-thru stalls... (They are currently very rare, at least in North America.)

Mammoth Lakes is a notable exception but I don’t think you’ll be charging a semi there just yet.

 

[ElectricIAC]

Only one I've experienced was in the middle of no where, Baker CA.

This is often a crucial stop for LA-LV drivers.

 

[GSP]

I wonder if supercharge.info will add the mega charger locations?

Maybe it would be better to add the mega chargers to fast charge.info instead, if the mega chargers are confirmed to use the world wide standard CHARIN "mega plug" and can be used to charge any commercial truck or bus that uses a CHARIN inlet.

GSP

 

[djjimgreen]

This is often a crucial stop for LA-LV drivers.

absolutely right. I live in LV and stopping in Barstow was always a nightmare. This new pull through expansion in baker is a game changer for Tesla travel between the states.

 

[finman100]

so...these Mega chargers...you disconnect the trailer and back in? why?

i kinda thought pull thru would be a no brainer for Tesla Semi...or at least a mega charger nearest the loading dock so, it charges whilst loading.

what am i missing here? you back into the loading dock (both tractor and trailer), disconnect, take the tractor over to the Mega charger and back in? gots to be a more efficient way to do this, right?

 

[ElectricIAC]

so...these Mega chargers...you disconnect the trailer and back in? why?

i kinda thought pull thru would be a no brainer for Tesla Semi...or at least a mega charger nearest the loading dock so, it charges whilst loading.

what am i missing here? you back into the loading dock (both tractor and trailer), disconnect, take the tractor over to the Mega charger and back in? gots to be a more efficient way to do this, right?

I don’t think that’s a design that they’ll be using for all.

This looks like a depot where they pick up and drop off so the trailer would be parked at a bay or designated staging area.

 

[Big Earl]

so...these Mega chargers...you disconnect the trailer and back in? why?

i kinda thought pull thru would be a no brainer for Tesla Semi...or at least a mega charger nearest the loading dock so, it charges whilst loading.

what am i missing here? you back into the loading dock (both tractor and trailer), disconnect, take the tractor over to the Mega charger and back in? gots to be a more efficient way to do this, right?

Because charging is separate from loading and unloading activities. Putting a charger at the loading dock would mean that dock should be reserved for EV use. Putting the charger in a separate location means an EV truck can drop a trailer off at any dock space, charge, then pick up a trailer from somewhere else. It's rare for a fleet truck driver (such as Pepsico) to pull up to a dock with a trailer, wait for it to get unloaded, then leave with that same trailer. They drop a trailer, then grab a different one and hit the road again.

 

[TSemi]

Got a shot from the video of the Semi charger charging cable and a bit of the connector

 

[MP3Mike]

A little more information on the charger installs in this article: Exclusive: PepsiCo to roll out 100 Tesla Semis in 2023, exec says

PepsiCo Inc (PEP.O), which ordered the big trucks in 2017, is purchasing them "outright" and is also upgrading its plants, including installing four 750-kilowatt Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) charging stalls at both its Modesto and Sacramento locations in California

He said Tesla did not help pay for the trucks' megachargers but provided design and engineering services for the facilities, which come with solar and battery storage systems.

 

[ElectricIAC]

A little more information on the charger installs in this article: Exclusive: PepsiCo to roll out 100 Tesla Semis in 2023, exec says

I’d love to see that charging curve but that seems like it falls short of the 1MW claim.

Is it possible that Pepsi is taking shorter range (300mi) semi’s? (Probably 550kWh pack)

 

[MP3Mike]

I’d love to see that charging curve but that seems like it falls short of the 1MW claim.

Pepsi may have only had 3MW of power available and wanted to split it over 4 charging stalls. (Which is why the stalls are 750kW/each.)

Or it could be that they didn't want to pay more to get the 1MW+ charging speed. (Maybe a ~40 minute turn around is fine for their purposes. Or they only make one trip per day, and then are charged overnight.)

Is it possible that Pepsi is taking shorter range (300mi) semi’s? (Probably 550kWh pack)

Nope. The article says that they are currently only getting Semis with 500 miles of range. But they want 300 mile ones too as soon Tesla starts making them.

 

[mongo]

Pepsi may have only had 3MW of power available and wanted to split it over 4 charging stalls. (Which is why the stalls are 750kW/each.)

Or it could be that they didn't want to pay more to get the 1MW+ charging speed. (Maybe a ~40 minute turn around is fine for their purposes. Or they only make one trip per day, and then are charged overnight.)


Nope. The article says that they are currently only getting Semis with 500 miles of range. But they want 300 mile ones too as soon Tesla starts making them.

Looks like 8 cabinets and a Megapack.
If Megapack outputs a compatible DC bus, two V3s per pedestal can put out well over a megawatt. This configuration would explain the additional cabinet behind the Megapack (DC disconnect and distribution).